Music reviews & criticism books

The first book to consider the shellac disc as a global format. With the rise of the gramophone around 1900, the...  Read More >>

After the success of the Penderyn Music Book Prize-shortlisted Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids?, Nige Tassell...  Read More >>

The definitive illustrated book on ""The Boss"" now in an updated edition to celebrate his 75th birthday!  Read More >>

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In Proust's Songbook, Jennifer Rushworth analyzes and theorizes the presence and role of songs in Marcel Proust's...  Read More >>

"Within the chronicles of rock and roll history, a disconcerting statistical oddity comes to light, creating a looming...  Read More >>

This monograph studies opera as music drama, guided by four ideas: opera as an ambiance (setting an acoustic stage...  Read More >>

(Book). There are few musical instruments that have given the world more joy than the ukulele. Ever since it evolved...  Read More >>

Fruit de plus de quinze annees de recherches dans les bibliotheques et archives de Florence, ce livre souhaite mettre...  Read More >>

The book provides a historical survey of the wind band's music and denotes how historical and cultural developments...  Read More >>

In the early '90s, the KLF was the biggest-selling singles band in the world--until they destroyed their records,...  Read More >>

In the early '90s, the KLF was the biggest-selling singles band in the world--until they destroyed their records,...  Read More >>

Britten in Context offers historical, social, cultural, queer, musical, and political context for one of the pivotal...  Read More >>

Depeche Mode’s 101 is, at first glance, a curious thing: a live double-album by a synth band. A recording of its...  Read More >>

Part oral history, part narrative pop culture, part celebration of the music of 1995  Read More >>

Violin tone and violin makers, is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human history....  Read More >>

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.  Read More >>

The German composer, performer and critic Ferdinand Praeger (1815–91) was active in London from 1834. His personal...  Read More >>

Violin Making; 'The Strad' Library, No. IX., is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the...  Read More >>

The violoncello and its history. This book, The violoncello and its history, by Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski,...  Read More >>

The violin and the art of its construction: a treatise on the Stradivarius violin, is a classical book and has been...  Read More >>

Le Vaisseau fantôme (Der Fliegende Holländer), is a classical book and has been considered important throughout...  Read More >>

Violins and Violin Makers; Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators,...  Read More >>

The story of the Rhinegold (Der Ring des Nibelungen) told for young people, is a classical book and has been considered...  Read More >>